Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-18

ibe stone quarry on the Nebraska side
OF the river is receiving a great deal OF
attention these days. It was visited
several times last week and ex7Mayo,
Harris went over to look at it this after.
noon. Most of the parties who have
seen 1t pronounce it o stone quarry.
At q meeting of the fire department,
on Saturday night a com mittee was ap.
pointed to go before the city council AND
petition that body for a new truck house,
The tisemen are badly in need of suoh a
building and should the prayer of the
petitioners be granted the populace
would applaud.
DR.. J. r. Herriek. of the vermillion
university, who filled the pulpit of the
Congregational church yesterday morn
ing and evening, gave his hearers upon
both occasions delightful sermons. DIR.
Herriek. in this his second visit to
Yankton. greatly enlarged his circle of
admirers md future Visits will be appre.
ciated.
The artesian we'll ct the BRICK yards
was down $50 feet at noon to-day, and
the time draws nigh for interest to
awaken and the boring operations to be
closely watched. A large culvert lead-
ing down into the sand bar has been
constructed TO carry off the. water and
1t is expected hat the we'll will tap the
artesian basin before the week is out.
A short time since o COW was announo.
ed as being stuck fast in the mud on
Smutty Bear bottom and to-.ay another
poor brute was visible from the bank
struggling in the strong grasp of Mis-
souri quick sand. The citizens of that
part OF the city near the river should
keep their cattle at home as they will
sink clear out of sight in any of the
soft places on the bars.
Rev. o. a.. Bonn, of Christ church, is
becoming more popular as each Sunday
goes by and it is safe to presume that
his future in Yankton will prove very
beneficial to this city. His audience
yesterday morning was n OF the lsrg-
est ever assembled in Christ church, and
was materially augmented by members
of other denominations. Mr.. Bohn's
sermons yesterday were as usual very
interesting.
Votes ran up into the high numbers
at the Grand Army fair Saturday ave.
ming. The diamond ring went to Miss
MoMinn, who received 535 votes to 500
for Miss Baumann. The painting scholar
ship was awarded to Maude Will
cox, who received 565 votes and Alice
Murphy $50 votes, Alva Line secured
the scholarship in the commercial COL
lege, his competitor having Withdrawn
from the contest.
Lee Morrow received what he called q
''squelcher" on Saturday evening which
he will not soon forget. Lee was doing
an errand in Howald's book store when
a young lady from the east who is
visiting in Yankton entered, and look
ing him squarely in the face remarked
to a lady companion that she had not
seen q good looking young man in Yank-
ton. There was an audible smile from
several bystanders In which Mr.. Nor
row did not participate.
The disagreement of the A~rensdorf,
jury has been the chief subject OF DIS
cussion on the streets of Yankton to-day
and establishment and disgust prevail
among a majority. The city is APP
parently divided in opinion, a large
number of people advancing the opinion
that Arensdorf is guilty whlle Others
maintain that Leavitt could be hung
| without trial and receive his just dues
| Yankton has taken almost as much in
| terest in the case Us has Sioux City.
at Grand Army fair Saturday nigh
| there Was a genuine crush, the occasion
being the sixth evening of the fair giver
by Phil Kearney post. The receipts
we're large and the audience well salts
| fed with their Investments. This even
ing will close the fair and 1t will be thu
occasion of the drawing of the larg'
prizes offered by the post to ticke
| holders. There are yet some goods t.
sell and they will be disposed of to
night. Another large crowd is looked
for.
In the Sioux Falls Press is q paragraph
relative to the introduction Of quail int
Dakota which contains this sentence
"The Yankton and Deadwood gun club
have a covey of quail whi,h they ar
Watching with jealous eyes-to see tha
no harm befalls them" Imagine tn
Yankton gun CLUB watching with jeal
GUS eyes, a single covey of quail to pre-
serve it from harm when the wood
adjacent to this city are teemiDg wit
auaiI and have been since the memor
of the white man begun. Here che qua
tkrlves in it's native iangles and pc
hunters and sportsmen combined bav
been unable to prevent the rapid increas
of its species. The thickets of the Mis-
sonrl river are the home of the quail on
it cannot be successfully t%ransplante
to the prairie interior.
Every year since General Gust
camped with his command on the lev,
ground between Linn and Locust al
First and Second streets In this Gil
there has been q heavy growth of bit
, grass oyer the old camp ground and t